International Rugby

[paul_e]

I've been out most of the day so not had chance to post but, for me, the acid test of Jones now is whether he is willing to make the hard call and drop Brown and Robshaw who looked past it today and have both had poor seasons. If he's willing to start Cips and Robson then even better.

halfway I guess.  Drops Robshaw which was clearly the right call and brings Cipriani into the squad, again the right call but still starting Brown on the wing and Spencer is still on the bench ahead of Robson.

[UK Redsox]

For the second match running, FRA v NZ has been killed as a contest by a harsh card decision.

French guy sent off after a contest for a high ball. His eyes never left the ball.

[PaulWinch again]

England need to play with balance today. Use the attacking excellence they showed at times, but know when we have to step off.

[PaulWinch again]

Right don’t blow the lead this week.

[dave shelley]

Anyone cop the music playing whilst that brawl was ongoing?  Bollocks the commentator just mentioned it.

[UK Redsox]

Right don’t blow the lead this week.

You were saying

[UK Redsox]

Itoje was lucky that the officials’ attention was taken by Mako clipping the bloke round the ear.

Maro could have been binned for a kick at the scrum half

[taylorsworkrate]

The lack of discipline yet a fuckingen is truly astonishing

[PaulWinch again]

Yep I’d start dropping players.

[PaulWinch again]

Fucking penalties.

[paul_e]

This is so frustrating, the players are better than this but for whatever reason we just don't look like a team right now. We just need to hang on a steal a winner here to get a bit of belief back.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

This is so frustrating, the players are better than this but for whatever reason we just don't look like a team right now. We just need to hang on a steal a winner here to get a bit of belief back.

You've cut and pasted that from the *pick any team* Villa Match Thread.

[PaulWinch again]

I think they’ve very much lost confidence and that has so much impact. Indiscipline and poor decision making.

[PaulWinch again]

We are throwing the ball away so much.

[paul_e]

The biggest problem is that we're not getting front foot ball because we're letting them boss the breakdown, once you lose that it's hard build a platform, the first thing we need to do is start protecting the ball better by getting people to the tackle quicker and play for some possession for a while.